Eco-friendly Christmas decorations you can make at home

This is a great environmentally-conscious weekend project – it's easy, happy craft, with the bonus of ticking all your handmade Christmas boxes at once. Excellent.

Salt dough decorations originated in ancient Egypt, and are still a traditional craft in Germany and other parts of Europe.

Created from simple pantry staples — flour, water and salt — these decorations are light but strong, and have a simplicity that I love. Plus, they're compostable at the end of the season — how many Christmas decorations can you say that for?

They also store well in most climates, if you're too attached to them and want to use them again next year.